Little Bear Ridge Road by Samuel D. Hunter. The MacArthur Fellow, known for penning the screenplay of his play, The Whale, nabbed comeback-kid star Brendan Fraser a Best Actor Academy Award.
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The Swans) tackles the play about two estranged family members thrown back together in the wake of a family tragedy, and true to form, Tony and Emmy winner Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne, The Connors) leaves no emotional stone unturned.Just outside Moscow (Idaho, not Russia), the headstones of the Fernsbys dominate the local cemetery.
In 2020, only two family members remain: crotchety nurse Sarah (Metcalf) and her gay nephew Ethan (Micah Stock), a frustrated writer-turned-bookstore-clerk who’s reluctantly returned from Seattle to get his late father Leon’s affairs in order.